WATCH: Bill Gates Celebrates World Toilet Day with Stroll Through Sewers
Billionaire Bill Gates took himself to Brussels on Monday to celebrate World Toilet Day by descending into the Belgium capital’s sewer system.
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Report: China Dumping so Much Raw Sewage into South China Sea It Is Visible from Space
Hundreds of Chinese fishing vessels illegally occupying the Philippines’ Spratly Islands are allegedly dumping vast amounts of human waste into the surrounding South China Sea causing an ecological “catastrophe” that threatens the health of local marine ecosystems and fishing stocks, Reuters reported on Tuesday.
San Francisco’s Poop Problem Is Worsening
There has been an increase in the number of complaints about feces in the streets of San Francisco lately, according to city data obtained by rental site RentHop.
Human Waste from Homeless People Seeps into Miami Streets
Homeless people are defecating on the sidewalks and streets of downtown Miami, turning the city into an outdoor wasteland, residents and business owners say.
Chinese City Puts Waste-Burning Plant on Hold After Thousands Protest
The unexpectedly huge protest movement in China’s Hubei province appears to have won a victory against the city of Wuhan, which announced on Tuesday that a controversial incinerator project has been put on hold.
Xi Jinping Faces Yet More Domestic Protests, This Time Against a Waste Incineration Plant
A growing protest movement in China’s Hubei province brought thousands of people to the streets on Thursday, the seventh straight day of demonstrations against plans to build a waste incineration plant on the site of a landfill instead of converting the area into a public park.
‘San Fransicko’ Announces ‘Poop Patrol’ to Clean up Revolting, Feces-Covered Sidewalks
San Francisco’s Department of Public Works has announced that it is launching a “poop patrol” next month, and a soft launch this week, to help rid the city’s streets of human feces.
